Arizona ballot measure contests ownership of the Grand Canyon

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PHOENIX (Reuters) - When voters in Arizona go to the polls next month, they will be asked to decide a landownership tug of war: Should the Grand Canyon belong to all Americans, or just the residents of Arizona?

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[redrumloa]

Topper.

 

[FluffyMcDeath]

I thought they'd got rid of pole taxes and all those other Jim Crow laws.

 

[robert l. bentham]

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Proposition 120 would amend the state's constitution to declare Arizona's sovereignty and jurisdiction over the "air, water, public lands, minerals, wildlife and other natural resources within the state's boundaries."
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The ballot measure is just the latest move in a decades-old federal-state skirmish over control of a wide range of natural resources in Western states, often pitting mining, drilling and logging companies against those seeking to protect the environment.

note to self... arizona will soon suck even more than it does now...